What if they sold Kilts at Wall-Mart?

[Glamrockdj]

I'm a member of the Tartan Army here in Scotland (Scottish Football Supporters) I recently picked up a kilt for £50 in a sale in Edinburgh, St Andrews Tartan, 5 yard 16 oz, the quality is very good but as you'd expect the pleats aren't as deep with it being a 5 yarder.

What it does do however is, it saves me using my more expensive kilts from getting beer spilled on them and all the hazards that go with going to a sporting event with 50,000 people so I think for £50 I've got a bargain.

You hear a lot about kilt snobbery, the classic is, I'm not a kilt snob but!!

Some folk can't afford to pay the price for a traditional kilt so this is a perfect introduction for them and hopefully they'll catch the bug and save up for a good one or be lucky to get one second hand like I did one of mine.

Personally I don't really like the other types of kilts out there, I think a kilt should be made of 100% wool and preferably be tartan, I'm tempted to say that anything else would be considered a skirt, oh bugger I did say it!!!

Anyway my point is, wear what you want to and can afford to wear, everybody's different, anyone buying a kilt like I did for £50 knows that it's not coming from some traditional kilt maker from a wee croft in Scotland, but I do think there's a market for them.

[george7]

I'm a member of the Tartan Army here in Scotland (Scottish Football Supporters) I recently picked up a kilt for £50 in a sale in Edinburgh, St Andrews Tartan, 5 yard 16 oz, the quality is very good but as you'd expect the pleats aren't as deep with it being a 5 yarder.

What it does do however is, it saves me using my more expensive kilts from getting beer spilled on them and all the hazards that go with going to a sporting event with 50,000 people so I think for £50 I've got a bargain.

You hear a lot about kilt snobbery, the classic is, I'm not a kilt snob but!!

Some folk can't afford to pay the price for a traditional kilt so this is a perfect introduction for them and hopefully they'll catch the bug and save up for a good one or be lucky to get one second hand like I did one of mine.

Personally I don't really like the other types of kilts out there, I think a kilt should be made of 100% wool and preferably be tartan, I'm tempted to say that anything else would be considered a skirt, oh bugger I did say it!!!

Anyway my point is, wear what you want to and can afford to wear, everybody's different, anyone buying a kilt like I did for £50 knows that it's not coming from some traditional kilt maker from a wee croft in Scotland, but I do think there's a market for them.

And at £50, that's still double the $50 price point.

[English Bloke]

I'm torn - I generally try and support the little Bloke but I have shopped at the big Supermarkets because they are convenient for busy people.

With regard to Kilts there-in, I'm not going to say I wouldn't buy one were they available. I'd certainly have a look and if the quality was worthy of the price tag and the Kilt looked acceptable then fine. If they looked ***** then I suppose that's fine too for those that want to buy them...

If all the decent people who do shop at Walmart (or ASDA as it is in the UK) are introduced to the wonderful world of Kilting without having to to choose between wearing a Kilt or feeding the kids that month I certainly don't think that's a bad thing. And who's to say they would all be doing cartwheels across the carpark. Come now... Is it really a shop only for Riff-Raff?

Wasn't there a thread on here recently where we were all raving about $17 waistcoats at Target? Or are those imported bargins OK only for we, the already initiated. And if anyone want's to buy a $50 (or less) kilt now they can. You only have to log on... The internet is full of 'em!